Culture: Art / Global
In the picture
From expanding gallery superbrands to a south Asian completist and a striking alfresco sculpture collection, our bumper art special puts the sector’s key players into perspective. We discuss the finer details with some of the moment’s most exciting artists and curators and outline the broad brushstrokes on show at the world’s brightest galleries. Plus: a six-page guide to Art Basel.
1. Artists
Artist
Tabitha Millett
Cambridge
Tabitha Millett’s paintings are enigmatic. What seems simple at first glance gets more complex once you take a closer look. Inside her bold geometric shapes, paint is applied in broad strokes to create vivid textures. Inspired by minimalist art and masters such as Pierre Soulages, Millett (pictured) places materials, rather than subjects, at the forefront of her work. “When you’re making anything, especially with painting, you really see a sense of material agency that is apart from you,” she says. “Mater…
